Improvement in bale-ties



G. S. FRANCE.

BALE-TIE. NQ,185,31 Patented Dec. 12, 1876.

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GUSTUS S. FRA.NCE, OF OOBLESKILL, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO WASHBURN & MOEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF WORCESTER, MASS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 185,310, dated December 12, 1876; application filed April 10, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTUS S. FRANCE, of Gobleskill, in the county of Schoharie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Ties; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a section of a bale tie made according to my present invention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical central section taken through the length of the section of bale-tie shown in Fig.1. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of a modification of my said bale-tie, and Fig. 4 also represents a modified form of a bale-tie embracing my said invention.

It will be understood that the parts represented by the drawings only show the two interlocking ends of the bale-tie, since my invention relates to the interlocking parts of the tie.

- To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail.

In the drawings, the part marked A represents one portion of the hale-tie, formed by twisting together the end a with the main wire b, leaving at the end a hook, 0, having a brace or extension part, D, which rests, when the parts are locked together, as shown in Fig. 1, upon the base of the loop E, formed upon the wire 61 by twisting its end 0 to form the double twist, or twist composed of two parts, 0 and d, as shown at B. r

In Fig. 3 the hook O is formed by passing the looped end D back over, and thence down through between, the strands l and 2, as fully indicated in the drawings, so that the tongue or brace D will rest upon the base of the loop E, as shown at f, thereby supporting the hook G, substantially as shown in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 4 the hook G is formed by one strand of wire, with a twist, g, between hook O and the brace end D.

Those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs will readily understand and appreciate the practical advantages naturally resulting from my said invention, since the entire bale-tie can be made from a single piece of wire, I) d, with its ends a a bent back, and twisted about the main parts of the wire after being bent, the end a to form the brace-point or projection D and hook O, and the end 0, after .it has been bent, to form the loop E.

In applying the bale-tie, it is hooked together, after having been passed around the bale, by slipping the end D through loop E until hook G slips up over loop E, as shown in the drawings, and in which position the brace part D bears upon the base of loop E, as shown at f, thereby serving as a lock or guard to prevent hook G from becoming detached from loop E before the bale of hay, cotton, or other material is released from the press or the power thereof, while it also serves as a brace to sustain and support hook O after the expanding strain and pressure of the expanding bale has been allowed to exert its full force upon the bale-ties by which it is encircled.

As before explained, the entire bale-tie can be made from'a single piece of wire, although, if preferred in any case, the portions of the bale-tie b d which extend around the bale may be made up of diflerent sections of wire hooked or fastened together, and even such portion of the bale-tie could be made of hoop-iron, the interlocking parts to which my invention relates remaining the same, as shown and described.

Having described my said improvement in bale-ties, what I claim therein as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bale-tie having on one end a loop, E, and on the other end a hook, O, and brace D, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with a bale-tie hook, C, of a downwardly-projecting brace or tongue, D, made continuous with said hook, for the purposes stated.

GUSTUS S. FRANCE.

Witnesses:

THOS. H. DODGE, EDWIN E. MOORE. 

